And they still continue the big lie

The Assembly must take turns at repeating the same garbage. Now it’s Assemblyman John Burzichelli’s turn. After a Budget Committee meeting that heard from health officials, Burzichelli proclaimed, “The governor’s continued lack of support for women’s health care is becoming more disturbing by the minute.” Then the same old, same old: “The governor’s conservative ideology should not trump common sense, but giving tax cuts to millionaires ….” Millionaires haven’t received tax cuts. The surcharge put on the highest tax bracket by Burzichelli and his Democratic pals and signed by Gov. Corzine expired Dec. 31, 2009 — as they designed it to. They had three weeks to put it back into law before Christie took over. But they didn’t, so they can make claims like this. It’s not working guys, you need to find something with merit.

About those health care claims, Assemblyman Declan O’Scanlon said:

“Last year, Democrats used doomsday scenarios about women’s health to score political points. The public didn’t believe them then and won’t believe them this year, especially when we have a year’s worth of data that firmly refuted the Democrats’ irresponsible predictions of dramatic decreases in the number of women treated. While New Jersey’s economy still has not recovered from the Democrats’ decade of mismanagement, overspending and overtaxing, it is more important than ever to find ways to maintain the most essential programs while reducing costs.”

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16 Responses to And they still continue the big lie

I hope the Governor uses some of the federal healthcare money to restore money to support community based healthcare for low income women. The state government must raise revenue to meet its obligations, the millionaires will eventually experience tax increases from both the federal and state government. They decrease earned income tax credit for low and moderate earners without all this fuss. What’s a few thousand dollars more out of a million? The tax increase will occur thoughout the land, the public will support, its back to the Clinton era taxes, the country needs everyone’s assistance, including millionaires and billionaires. Mr. O’Scanlon’s brother works in a former Abbott district, he knows that proverty is real in NJ and families suffer including his brothers if he is laid off because of budget cuts, where will his family get healthcare, women’s services while on unemployment.

“the country needs everyone’s assistance, including millionaires and billionaires.”

Every citizen in the past has helped and will continue to help BUT the politicians in Trenton and Washington will not stop spending !!!!!!!. We take from the Billions and Millions what makes you think they won”t take from us pee-on next………WHEN DOES IT END AND WHEN IS ENOUGH. Stop with the Class wars.

Let me try and understand what Womens health care is??? If you are low to no income you are on welfare, welfare includes free health care. Have we forgotten that once you are in that system eveything is provided by the tax payer. Food stamps, child care, public housing, welfare check every month, Free education and now thanks to Corzine free day care….Has Christie changed something that may upset the parisites of the system by cutting back on something? How about the shared sacrifice that every one talks about? Should the ones that do not contribute anything to the system be excluded from the cuts?…

I know this will sound ridiculous to those who are stealing money from the working class and senior citizens, but wouldn’t it be appropriate if poor women were put on birth control or forced to make realistic decisions concerning their behavior? Really, let’s be honest here. Isn’t it absolutely ridiculous for we serfs to be extorted to pay for the intimate acts of an irresponsible woman? Afterall, we serfs are paying for medicaid twice (at the state and federal level). NJs progressive party and it’s voter base have become a huge nuisance. I often wonder how much money is skimmed off the top before any of these programs are funded.

Don’t forget the free cell phones! A half page ad in today’s Courier Post reminded all the poor, neglected, starving, health-uninsured, New Jersey citizens to not forget to apply for their free cell phones.

What about the healthcare needs of working poor women, poor women without children. Even if the number served increased there still exists an unmet need, do male politicians/pundits ever get tired of campaigning against health services for women’s body parts. America is still one of the richest nations on the planet and providing safety nets for the most vunerable is simply right. Government will continue to tax and spend, because that’s what government does, the issue is how much and for whom. Those issues are addressed through negotiations and compromise.

We have been brainwashed into thinking that paying taxes is part of our duty as citizens. How many decades have New Jerseyans been paying the ever increasing income tax? Same for the federal tax [1913]. Why does any government feel that it has a right to your private property in order that they may redistribute it? If the lefties feel that their is a need for social programs let them dig into their own pockets[something they are loath to do] and go ahead. The more we are forced to fork over the more they want. Keep voting for the same hacks, keep getting the same awful results.

Why is the government in health care to begin with???? I never read in the federal or state constitutions that the government is responsible for it. I know the answer….its in there if you just read it REAL hard and then it appears, like every other government program.

Cheryl you are so right. I used Planned Parenthood as my healthcare provider while I was in college and for the first couple of my working years because I didn’t get benefits and could not afford insurance. If not for them I would have gone five or six years without pap smears, check-ups or birth control, and then heaven forbid I would have been one of “those poor women” having a child I couldn’t take care of….

I don’t think anyone is trying to shut planned parenthood down. All that is being requested is that the program be cut back. I’ve cut my budget back at least 10% each year for the past three. WHY CAN”T EVERYONE ELSE DO THE SAME…!!!!!! MY costs are going up and no one is helping me!!!!!! NO……. but the government want to just keep everything going without them cutting back………

peggy: did you forget about free birth control known as abstination? heaven forbid! it has a 100% success rate against pregnancy. if you want to go for a roll in the hay, go for it but don’t expect me to pay for your protection.

I know I’m expressing my naivete’ but why is this conversation soley about women’s health care issues? It’s as if men don’t have health concerns or are expected to fend for themselves. They too get breast cancer as well as prostrate cancer etc.
It just seems that there will be more sympathy generated and therefore more dollars spent if a woman has the problem.
It’s an axe being used to cut the opposition into rhetorical submission to effect the desired result and garner votes.

I think that “Peggy” is a troll or else she’s Obamas’ daughter. Her little story is way too pat. Or, like most progressives she never thought that avoiding pregnancy is her problem. Best word that comes to mind is stupid.

You are expressing your naivete’. Men don’t get pregnant. Planned Parenthood is founded on the Margaret Sanger’s eugenics beliefs that only certain people should be able to reproduce and the government should decide who qualifies. Her push was for sterilization of the less desirable, which was still legal in the US (Oregon was the last state to practice it) in the 1980s.

Peggy,

Why do you think you’re entitled to anything on someone’s dime? Do you think the rest of us can afford to pay your bills? We can’t and we don’t want to. I hope you reimbursed the system for all the free care you received once you started working.

Ann The original premiseof the article was regarding women’s health andnot planned parenthood specifically. The first mention of planned parenthood was by Peggy who usedPP as her health care provider and from there the blog got sidelined.
And the last time I looked men were still needed for the reproduction process. So my question remains, why the focus on women’s health when men also fall to the same maladies and illnesses?

RepAnn …. One outof six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, 30% more than woman with breast cancer. So my naive question remains, why the emphasis on woman’s health care?

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